Argentina: February closes with an atypical season

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Published Feb 26, 2024

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The shrimp season in Argentina is facing disruptions due to union action by the STIA, leading to a loss of 60 tons of shrimp at Conarpesa's Puerto Madryn plant. As a result, the company has decided to end the season and shift all processing activity to its Rawson plant next season, which will lead to staff reductions at Madryn. Other companies may follow suit. The CAPIP has proposed a new conciliatory solution to the STIA, emphasizing the need for 'absolute social peace' and alternative conflict resolution mechanisms.

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At the end of the week that ended, it seemed that an understanding was going to be reached and the season would be unlocked, but times continue to stretch, and February is coming to an end. Since January 31, the harvest has been interrupted and currently there are only a dozen ships operating for a handful of plants. The vessels that are fishing do so a little south of the port of Rawson and the sizes are no longer the main ones, which is to be expected at this point when February is already closing. If the activity is resumed in the next few days, it will be necessary to see what response the resource gives and if the fish obtained is commercially interesting. Conarpesa confirmed last week that given the irrationality of the STIA's forceful measures, which caused the loss of 60 tons of shrimp at its Puerto Madryn plant, it has decided to end the season and plans to expand its Rawson plant and to next season it will concentrate all its processing activity there. This will involve ...

Source: Revistapuerto